The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-09-02
I'm Brief.

In Brief.
| The investigation of the assignment of John
T. Emerson has been postponed until next
| Thursday.
A permit was issued yesterday to Simon
Yandes to partition rooms in the College block
at the corner of Tennessee street and Indiana
| avenue. at a cost of 81, GIL
There will be meeting this afternoon at
| o'clock at the Board of Trade rooms of the ex-
| ecutive committee having IN charge the recep-
ton OF President Cleveland.
The Governor has issued reqaisition on the
| Governor of Michigan for the return of Charles
McGlynn to De Kalb county. where he is wanted
for trial on a charge of grand larceny.
Harry Reuberger was arrested yesterday at
Spencer by the United States marshal for selling
liquor without government license. The al
legged oHense was committed in North Indianap-
oils.
Marriage licenses issued yesterday to
Joseph Kautsky and Emma A e. Reutsch.
Thomas Fl. Ragsdale and Amy Dory, George
Lngenfelter and Lulie Medsenkamp, Edward
H. Smith and Augusta Seick.
The Indiana Medical College will open Oct f.
and the session will continue twenty weeks.
The regular session OF the Central College of
Physicians and Surgeons will begin Oct. l.
the opening of the Eclectic Medical College will
occur on Oct 4.
The Richmond Linseed Oil Company filed
articles of incorporation with the Secretary of
State yesterday. Its capital stock is 500. 500,
and the directors are VIM. r. Evans. of this
city. and Clements Ferguson and James f.
Reeves, of Richmond.
A broad-sword tournament between Duncan
G. Ross and Sergeant Charles Walsh will be
given at the Athletic Club grounds tomorrow
afternoon, at 3:45 o'clock. The combat is de-
scrlbed by papers in cities where 1t has been
seen as very thrilling encounter. The COM
batants are mounted, and the contest is for
points.
On Wednesday evening a tramp applied to
Charies y. Walter dalryman on Brlnkman
him trial Yesterday morning when the fam
lily arose the new laborer had fed and a pocket
book belonging to another Of Mr. Walters en-
ployes, containing $37, was missing, besides
suit OF clothing and other wearing apparel
MYSTERIOUS SHOTS AND SCREAMS.
A report came to the station-house after l
o'clock last night that some had been shet
in quarrel near the corner of Virginia avenue
and Pine street, but an investigation by Captain
Colbert and the reporters failed to verify it.
The officers in that district and many of the
cession. about II o'clock, and afterward
several screams, apparently from woman. but
they knew no more.
STRUCK OVER THE HEAD WITH A SAW.
Samuel Gephart, an old man who earns q
living by saving wood. was locked in the station
house yesterday afternoon for striking Clark
Monteith, another laborer, over the head with
his saw. They were on the Market together
hunting work. when citizen told them that he
had ten cords of wood that he wanted sawed.
Both claimed the right to do the work, and in
the dispute Gephart brought his saw down upon
Montelths head. cutting cash to the skull
DEAD INFANTS FOUND IN THE RIVER
The remains of two infants have been
found along the banks of White river be-
low the Vincennes bridge during the last week,
and both had evidently been killed. Yesterday
morning two fishermen found a male infant, APP
pareRtly several days DID, sewed in a sack. lying
on the river bank where it had recently been
left by the water. It's skull was fractured, and
it's body bore marks of violence. The coroners
verdict that the infant to its death
from violence inflicted by unknown persons.
The police are investigating the case. and think
they have a clew that will lead to the arrest Of
the guilty parties.
MORE NEW GAS WELLS
E. B. Martindale and his associates, who had
the luck to get well in the Greenfield region
equal to the first got in that locality. selected
the sites yesterday for two wells. They are
near the one recently drilled and are in a
straight lice in the direction of the city. The
sites about half mile apart Mr.. Martin
dale says that for piping purposes no better
would go through entirely level country from
night, a bit of current gossip that a proni-
nent South Meridian street merchant had offered
to bet large sum that the city would have gas
in the Indianapolis Natural-eas Company.